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The Austria Auction Company will be holding their fine antique oriental rug sale on Saturday 15th December 2018, at the Palais Breuner saleroom Vienna. The sale includes quality Oriental rugs and carpets from the excellent collection of the late Theo … Continue reading →

We have just received 50 bales of assorted Persian rugs & carpets at the warehouse in London. why not give David J.Wilkins Oriental Rugs a call and be one of the first customers to view this amazing selection. www.orientalrugexperts.com Skinner … Continue reading →

Stockholm’s Auktionsverk is hosting an important sale of fine Art & Antiques on the 5th December 2018. Included in the sale is a rare antique Salor Turkmen trapping from a Swedish collection (lot 108). The Trapping dates from the mid … Continue reading →

The London Antique Rug & Textile Art Fair LARTA, a celebration of colour and design in antique rugs and carpets will again be held in Battersea Park London on the 22-27 January 2019. Bruun Rasmussen are celebrating their 70th anniversary … Continue reading →

The National Museum of Bosnia and Herzegovina is holding an exhibition of Persian Safavid carpets from the Mahan Shrine. The show runs until February 2019, and includes the rare sighting of the 17th century Persian Kerman vase technique carpet fragment, … Continue reading →

At Sotheby’s London on the 3rd-6th November 2018 are holding a sale of twenty-five rugs and carpets from the collection of Carmen Thyssen-Bornemisza, featuring rare Chinese works including the Scofield-Thayer dais carpet and a beautiful silk Kashgar carpet. Further exemplary … Continue reading →

The upcoming international auction at Bruun Rasmussen, 19th September and 27th September 2018, includes a fine variety of more than 70 oriental rugs and carpets, European tapestries and modern design rugs. Among the highlights are a stunning 19th century North … Continue reading →

The 14th Sartirana Textile Show (STS) will be held from 13th September-16th September 2018 in Sartirana Lomellina at La Pila, in the 17th century rice mill located besides the Sartirana Castle. The fair has been held every year since 2005 … Continue reading →

London is to host the only tribal art fair of its kind in the UK, Tribal Art London returns to the Mall Galleries on the 4th-8th September 2018. Around twenty international dealers will exhibit. There will also be a series … Continue reading →

While London and the UK bask in sunshine, The Oriental Rug Centre in London is receiving wonderful new stock of Persian carpets, rugs and runners, as well as some beautiful new kilims. So if you can tear yourself away from … Continue reading →